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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Fatal Railway Accidents. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 2

A train dashed into a granite embankment at Yailsop, Western Australia. One passenger was killed and two seriously injured. The driver and…

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Fatally Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 June 1904 · page 2

A man named Harry Loader was run over by a train near Woodstock and fatally injured…

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Killed and Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 June 1904 · page 4

Two men were killed at Kensington (Melbourne) by the collapse of a wall at a burnt-out house and factory. Two others are terribly injured…

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A Bad Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 June 1904 · page 2

Horses attached to a four-in-hand bolted at Rockhampton, all the occupants being thrown violently to the ground. Miss Heley had her neck…

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Railway Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 June 1904 · page 2

A locomotive attached to a passenger train jumped the rails near Moe (Victoria), on Saturday night. The engine and a second-class carriage were…

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160 Russian Pilgrims Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 June 1904 · page 3

While 250 pilgrims, including many women and children, were crossing the river Don, Russia, in a ferry boat, the bottom fell out, owing to it being rotten, and 160 were drowned…

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Express in Collision

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 3

Very narrowly the 8.15 Great Northern sleeping car express from King's-cross to Edinburgh escaped destruction at Darlington early on Saturday morning…

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Accident to a Valuable Horse

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 2

DURING the lunch hour on Monday Mr. S. Ireland, coachman to Dr. Burkitt, was returning to the doctor's residence driving one of the medico's well-known brown mares, when on…

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A Sulky Accident. Three Young Men take Walking Exercise

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 2

ON Sunday afternoon Messrs. Edgar and Ted. Fitzgerald aud J. Manning left Dubbo shortly after dinner, intending to have a nice pleasant drive, in the direction of Old Dubbo…

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Burning Accident near Trangie. The Result or an Epileptic Fit

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 2

A YOUNG man named George Bannerman, employed as a laborer by Mr. Thos. Smith, a farmer residing about five miles from Trangie, was very badly burnt on Saturday morning…

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[?]Ar Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 3

[?]soon Dr.Burkitt had a [?]one of the fine pair of [?]tly drives about Dubbo. [?]ingle harness and being…

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[?]Liar Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 1

afternoon Dr. [?]urkitt had a [?]ith one of the fine pair of [?]ently drives about Dubbo. [?] in single harness and being…

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Serious Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 5

A serions collision occurred this morning in Harris-street, when a lorry driven by Michael Davey collided with a tram. The driver of the lorry and the driver, Follier,…

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Buggy Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 July 1904 · page 2

Mrs. Donn, an old and well-known resident of this town, met with a rather serious accident last Thursday, as the result of which she has since…

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Found Drowned. the Bell Claims a Victim. an Old Ace Pensioner's End

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 3

The Coroner, Mr. R. Potter, J.P., hold an inquiry at the Commercial Hotel on Tuesday afternoon concerning the death of Thomas Riley, an…

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Collision at Sea

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 5

The [?]r Taglia[?] and the ach[?]r Western Star co[?] off Newcastle about 2 o'clock this morning. The latter sank; four sea[?] named Edmoth, Anderson, Brien, and…

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The Collision at Sea. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 3

The steamer Tagliferro, from Melbourne to Newcastle, collided with the barquentine Western Star, from Cairns with a cargo of sugar, off Newcastle this morning, and was…

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Accident on the Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 5

A schoolboy named Arthur Anderson residing at. Rookwood was killed at St. Peter's crossing this morning…

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Railway Accident in America

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 5

In the recent railway accident near Chicago 18 picnickers were killed and 80 injured…

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Sad Fatality at Minore

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 2

Quite a gloom was cast over Minore and surrounding district on Sunday when it became known that Miss Hanchard, aged 16, a daughter of Mr. A. Hanchard, a…

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